Gretzky's Great garage sale
The Gretzkys are moving out of Thousand Oaks, and isn't that a bummer for the local economy.
Wayne and Janet sold their roomy 10,800-square-foot Lake Sherwood home, along with the two guest houses and a carriage house with a great view of the Sherwood Country Club course, for about $18.5 million the other day and say they want to move the family near his new winery in Niagara Falls, on the Canadian side. He also keeps a residence in Arizona since he does coach and co-own the Phoenix Coyotes for the time being. That's the principal residence for him, the wife and the five kids.
As for the buyer? That'd be Lenny Dykstra, the former Mets and Phillies center fielder, who nailed his a car wash in Simi Valley that must be doing well with his investments. As well as the stock swapping advice he gives regularily on TheStreet.com.
Anyway, the Gretzkys need to get rid of a bunch of stuff that filled the rooms. What better way than to donate it to charity. And Oaks Christian School's baseball team will benefit.
On Saturday, Oct. 27, at 7 a.m. at the school's Bedrosian Pavilion (31749 La Tienda Drive, Westlake Village) , the Wayne and Janet Gretzky estate sale takes place -- featuring home furnishings, clothes, off-road vehicles, plus some memorabilia they had laying around the house. All proceeds go to building a new 300-seat baseball stadium (to be shared with the Westlake High team), plus funding programs at Carden Conjeo School.